[Kutztown Press Release] FOUR ATHLETES, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM EARN ACADEMIC HONORS

[Leiboff, Joshua]

July 15, 2008
FOUR ATHLETES, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM EARN ACADEMIC HONORS
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its postseason awards last week with the Kutztown University women's track and field team selected as an All-Academic Division II squad. Three members of the women's team and one member of the men's team earned individual honors.
Keri Brown (fr. Southampton, N.J./Seneca), Kristin Cupido (fr. Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) and Stephanie Williams (sr. Harrisburg/Riverside) won individual awards for the women's side, being named to the USTFCCCA's All-Academic Track and Field Team.
Vonkurt Redley (sr. Philadelphia/ Cheltenham) was the lone member of the men's team to earn a spot on the All-Academic team.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met the NCAA Division II Indoor or Outdoor automatic or provisional qualifying standard in their respective event.
Including Redley, 109 student-athletes representing 44 Division II institutions made up the men's 2008 All-Academic team.
Brown, Cupido and Williams are among 222 student-athletes representing 69 Division II colleges and universities named to the 2008 All-Academic team.
The women's team was selected as an All-Academic squad with an average GPA of 3.09. To be nominated, a team must average a 3.0.
There were 58 Division II women's track and field programs were recognized as 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Teams. KU was 53rd on the list of school and was one of nine schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference recognized.
This is Williams' second All-Academic selection this season as she led the 2007 cross country team to its third straight USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award.


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Josh Leiboff
Kutztown University Sports Information
Phone: (610) 683-4182
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Email: leiboff at kutztown.edu
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